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On 08, Jan 2014 | In Product related Services | By admin
RoHS 
What must not be used in electrical and electronic devices any more
The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive if the EU bans hazardous substances from use in electrical and electronic devices. In its recent version – RoHS 2011/65/EU – and pursuant amendments a range of metals and their compounds are subject to substance bans (cadmium, lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium), flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)), since July 2019 also the softening agents di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP). With a few exemptions, all of these substances must no longer be used in electrical and electronic devices sold in the EU. Meanwhile, similar laws have been passed in many industry countries.
With regard to RoHS, we offer services for
- Evaluating your individual obligations as a producer or seller of EEE
- Identification of obligations with regard to your product portfolio
- Identification and monitoring of current exemption phases
- Establishing a process for risk management of your suppliers, materials, components and systems according to IEC63000
- Support with the implementation of a risk analysis in cooperation with your supply chain
- Auditing your internal RoHS-processes
Are you prepared to fulfil your obligations as a manufacturer or first distributor?
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